multi-cellular
Adjective
Meaning
multi-cellular (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of multicellular
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After labeling, the two populations of cells were mixed and cultured together allowing the cells to form large multi-cellular mixed aggregates.
However, in the case of cell cultures from multi-cellular organisms, cell cloning is an arduous task as these cells will not readily grow in standard media.
It used four 15″ low-frequency drivers, a crossover network set for 375 Hz, and a single multi-cellular horn with two compression drivers providing the high frequencies.
The individual members of a colony are capable of surviving on their own, whereas the members of a true multi-cellular organism have developed specializations, making them dependent on the remainder of the organism for survival.
The marine waters are assumed to have been around 45 °C (113 °F), which restricted the diversification of complex multi-cellular organisms.
There is experimental work being done on minimal genomes for single cell organisms as well as minimal genomes for multi-cellular organisms (see Developmental biology ).